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EASTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
Parents Newsletter
Special points of interest:
Important Dates.
5th January School Re-opens
8th January S5/6 Parents Eve.
14th January S2 Parents Evening
28th January S4 Parents Evening
2nd February S5/6 Prelims begin
5th & 6th Feb. Inservice days
9th & 10th Feb. Holidays
1st April - ASN Parents Evening
2nd April - School Closes
20th April - School Re-opens
27th April - SQA Exams Begin
30th April - S3 Parents Evening
3rd May - Holiday
Art Exhibition 1
Christmas Concert 2
Malawi Bound 2
Feliz Navidad 2
Eve Does Teacher
Training
3
Leg Legends Elite
Engineers
3
Cool Jazz Cats 4
Sports News 4
Inside this issue:
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December 2014
EASTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
Parents Newsletter
PARENTS NEWSLETTER PAGE 1
Art Exhibition
On the 2nd of December Eastwood High hosted a very successful art exhibition
to showcase the best artwork (and Photography work) produced by pupils during
2014. The event was very well attended and as can be
seen from the pictures the standard extraordinarily high.
Thanks go to Miss Hendry, Miss Cum-
ming, Miss Mairs and Miss Richards
for organising the event and all the
pupils
who
exhibited
their
work.
Dear Parent
We have again reached the end of a very busy year for the school
and, as ever, the pace seems to quicken through December with a
wide range of activities taking place in the school. This newsletter is
a great example of this and I’m sure you will agree a fantastic way to
celebrate the wider achievement of our pupils and staff.
I would like to take this opportunity to remind parents of the S5/6
Parents Evening on Thursday 8th of January and alert all senior pu-
pils to the fact that the S5/6 prelims start on Monday the 2nd of
February—a mere 20 school days after we return from the holidays !
Finally, the school will dismiss for the Christmas holidays on Friday
19th of December at 2.30pm and resume at 8.45am on Monday 5th of
January. It only remains for me to wish all parents, pupils and every-
one associated with Eastwood high School a very Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year
S Maxwell
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Christmas Concert
On Monday the 15th of December Eastwood hosted
its annual Christmas Concert. As ever the tinsel and
Santa hats were out
and great fun was
had by all. A very
appreciative audi-
ence all commented
on the high
standard of
performanc-
es. Well done
to all staff
and pupils.
Social Events of the Year
This year’s Junior and Senior Dances were a great
success with the school’s own ceilidh band even per-
forming for part of
the Junior Dance. A
big thank you as ever
to Mr Gibson and the
PE staff for organis-
ing the events.
ECO Committee News
The pupil ECO Committee and Dr Lowe have been
busy raising money for animal charities this month.
The SSPCA Christmas Hamper Raffle was won by Mr
Raeside and raised £86 this has been added to the
ongoing “coppers collection” to give a grand total of
£162 so far this year. The money will be used to
sponsor a space for
a dog and a rabbit
at the local re-
homing centre in
Cardonald. Thank
you to everyone who
gave so generously.
The committee has
also been busy mak-
ing their own bird
feeders to place
around the school
grounds to help the
wildlife survive the
cold weather.
Malawi Bound
Congratulations to Rabbiah Siddique, Rebecca Tait,
Chloe Waterson and Emma McKelvie, all S5, who have
been selected to represent Eastwood on the East
Renfrewshire Schools trip to Malawi in November
2015. The trip is to be made in association with the
Betty Cunningham Trust and the pupils will be work-
ing in the Dambo School in Malawi for 10 days. The
girls were selected after making an application and
going through a rigorous interview process. In all 20
candidates were interviewed and everyone did them-
selves proud (especially Kirsten Watson who has
been selected as first reserve). Over the next nine
months the
girls will be in-
volved in numer-
ous fund raising
activities and I
hope that eve-
ryone can rally
round and sup-
port them.
Feliz Navidad
The S1/2 Spanish Club run by Dr Malcolm has been
involved in an exchange of
Christmas greetings with the
IES Blas Infante School in
Cordoba, Spain. The cards
received from Cordoba have
been put on display in the
Modern Languages De-
partment. Eastwood has
sent a big parcel of
Christmas Cards to
Cordoba.
Foodbank Collection
Well done to Megan Kane, Max Yuill and Rachel Hugh-
son-Gill , all S6,
who organised a
collection for the
Greater Maryhill
Foodbank as part
of the school’s
charity drive.
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Rudolph’s Riddles
The annual S1 Rudolph’s Riddles Competition, other-
wise known as the “Mathematics/Physical Education
Interdisciplinary Challenge” !!
took place on 17th December. De-
spite all the fun pupils were able
to learn new skills and work in
teams to overcome a series of
real world mathematical problems
and physical challenges in PE.
Lego Elite Engineers
The Eastwood Legends Lego Elite Engineers Club,
Robbie Walker, Stephen Baird, Jamie Dougall,
Hayaan Bashir, Hannah Shields, Emma Kirby, June
Bovill, Lewis Duncan, Kyle Wilson and Joshua Bell
came a close third in their first Lego League Chal-
lenge of the season held at the Glasgow Science Cen-
tre on 1st December. In a tense competition the pu-
pils performed very well
but the robot they had
designed and programmed
displayed a few nerves on
the big occasion.
Book Fair
In the run up to Christmas Eastwood’s busy librarian,
Miss De’Ath organised a Book Fair to mark Book
Week Scotland. The
event ran over a week
and raised over £500
allowing Miss De’Ath
to further stock the
popular fiction sec-
tion of the library.
Senior Citizens Christmas Party
On 16th of December Eastwood senior pupils organ-
ised a Christmas party for over 140 senior citizens
from the local community. As ever there was lots of
festive entertainment with pupils from Music and
Drama putting on a great
show for the senior citi-
zens. Special thanks go to
Mrs McWilliam and Mrs
Burns from the school of-
fice and Mrs Foster DHT
S5/6 for their assistance.
Charities Christmas Fair and Jumper Day
The Senior Pupils’ Charities Committee have been
putting in a power of
fundraising this Christ-
mas season raising mon-
ey for the Dambo
School in Malawi. Their
Christmas Craft Fair
made over £250 and
the traditional staff
& S5/6 Christmas
Jumper Day made
just over £100.
Pantomime Trip
This year the annual S1 Pantomime trip went to see
“A Christmas Carol” at the Citizens’ Theatre on
Tuesday 16th December. Thank you to Mrs Kendall
for the organisations it was a great day out when
120 S1 pupils had a fantastic time - Oh no they
didn’t , Oh yes they did!
“AmnesTea”
The Fair Trade Group within the school has managed
to raise £233.73 for Amnesty
International following a coffee
morning and bake sale held in
the 6th Year Bridge area on
11th December. Well done to all
Eve Does Staff Training
Well done to Eve Wengel of S1 who has been deliver-
ing training for teachers at Auchenlodment Primary
School. Eve is a bit of an expert on i-movies and was
asked by Headteacher, Mr Carlton, to train staff on
how to make an i movie trailer. Eve was most profes-
sional giving a
presentation,
providing handouts
and leading a
troubleshooting
session.
PARENTS NEWSLETTER PAGE 4
Sports News
On the 10th of December a group of Eastwood High pupils travelled to the
Emirates Arena to take part in a BBC get active event as part of the Com-
monwealth Games legacy programme. The Eastwood pupils had the chance to
try various sports including Boxing, Basketball, Tennis, Gymnastics and Func-
tional Training. The pupils also had the chance for a question and answer ses-
sion with Josh Taylor and Charlie Flynn two of Scotland’s Commonwealth
Games gold medallists.
In athletics Erin Wallace has started off her British Cross Country Championship series with a win in the U15
3Km race in Sefton Park Liverpool. Erin is circled in the picture above.
In school football it has been rather a mixed month for our teams. During December our U15s had a splendid
4-3 win against Woodfarm (a hat trick from Keenan Campbell and one from Kyle Taylor) but lost 3-1 to Scot-
tish Cup holders St Ninians HS. Our U13s enjoyed their first win of the season beating Woodfarm HS 3-0
with goals from Ben McCann, Luke Barbour and George Banks . The U14s were unfortunate to lose a last mi-
nute goal to go down 3-2 against Barrhead High, Fraser Cowan scoring both goals. Finally the U18 football
team lost 6-4 to Renfrew HS in the league despite an Ethan Hood hat trick and one from Euan Baird.
The hockey season has finally started after months of training. The training however is clearly paying off as
the Eastwood senior and junior sides enjoyed some good success at the recent East Renfrewshire Schools
Tournament 1st leg held at St Ninians HS. Both the senior and junior sides played 5 games with the seniors
winning 4 out of 5 and drawing the other, whilst the juniors lost three, drew one and won one game. There are
two more legs of the Tournament to come in the new year.
“Cool Jazz Cats”
A number of Eastwood High pupils were asked to play
with the East Renfrewshire School Jazz Band live on
the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland Show “The Jazz
House” on Wednesday 17th December. Morven Con-
sedine, Rebecca Lister, Lauren MacDonald, Rachel
Tait, Aisling Young and Abigail Young, all also mem-
bers of the East-
wood High Jazz
Band appeared on
the show alongside
renowned jazz sax-
ophonist Tommy
Smith from
Edinburgh.
Primary 7 Ceilidh
On the 1st of December Eastwood High School again
hosted the Primary 7 St Andrews Day Ceilidh for
pupils from St Cadocs PS, Crookfur PS and Isobel
Mair School. The Eastwood High Senior Ceilidh Band
were again on duty
and kept the after-
noon going with a
swing. Over 200 pu-
pils from our neigh-
bouring schools
attended the
event and had a
great time.
“Hair Today Gone Tomorrow”
As part of the Charities Committee drive to raise
money for Children in Need Mr Higgins in the PE De-
partment agreed bravely to have his head shaved. A
special thanks to Paul-
ine from McKenzie
Hair on Ayr Road who
helped out and £250
was raised for Chil-
dren in Need.
Architecture Nomination
On 3rd December Mr Maxwell hosted judges from
the George Grenfell Baines Building of the Year
Award including BDP Chairman David Cash. Eastwood
High School is one of six
buildings in the running for
the prestigious award and
the 6 judges were very im-
pressed by our building but
also by our pupils.